Type To Search
- admin@irca.africa
Program Transforms IP
To Ventures
Through Our Industry Partners
But play an active role in Strategy
& Business Development.
01
Innovation & Research Commercialisation Projects
02
IRCA IP Registry & Venture Analytics Dashboard
Few Resons Why
You Should Choose Us
We Specialise In New Venture Creation, Business Sustainability and search IP Commercialisation.
Our Roadmap To Research Commercialization
Through a rigorous program designed to build, test, capacitate, validate and launch new ventures that take patents & research based IP from concept to market.
100
+ Years of
Experience
2500
+ Companies
Supported
360
+ Industry
Partners
170
+ Cohorts
To Date
Industry Support Programs
Our programs are designed and tailored to fit our partner needs and industry ecosystem ensuring the best possible outcomes and contextualy relevent interventions
IRCA IP Ventures
Student Innovation
Circular Economy
technology Start Ups
Social entrepreneurship
Research IP Spin Off
Innovation & Research Commercialisation
We collaborate with funders, entrepreneurship ecosystem builders, research and academic institutions (TTO’s) on an innovative venture incubation model, commercialising intellectual property and licensing it to the new venture which is then led by a selected local entrepreneur to take to market.
We take concepts and IP through a rigorous program designed to build, test, capacitate, validate and launch new ventures that will take the concepts to market for product market fit ensuring the protection and local financial beneficiation of publicly financed IP and create new industries that boost economic growth in Southern Africa.
Youth, Student & Community Entrepreneurship Development
We have been providing mentorship and coaching support for all 26 universities and TVET Collages in South Africa in partnership with the University of Limpopo, DUT Innobiz, BASA, SAB Foundation & The Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) program for over 5 years.
This has embedded our organization in the fabric of youth entrepreneurship in SA through partnering with universities, incubators and research institutions to support & develop youth entrepreneurs. These are just some of the projects we have spearheaded.
Green Innovation & The Circular Economy
We work with a varous organisations and programs like the SAB Foundation, YGap, Nedbank Greenhouse and more who align in our commitment for sustainable living through alternative energy, food security, land and ocean biodiversity, recycling and upcycling.
Some of the prjects we havecommercialised includes a sanitation ptoject converting unrine and fecal matter into fertiliser, biodiesel made from caster seeds, crop optimisation software for farmers, algie used as a food source for fish farmers and liquid fertiliser made from chicken waste.
Tech Innovation & Support
To create a thriving environment for tech start ups, we focus on the following interventions.
- Infrastructure – We prioritise innovation in internet, electricity, and mobile access.
- Education & Skills We Promote STEM education through our Syafunda Digital Libraries.
- Collaboration – We partner with incubators, host hackathons in universities, and local innovator hubs.
- Emerging Tech – We invest in AI, blockchain, IoT, and fintech solutions.
- Digital Inclusion – We empower marginalized communities and develop local solutions
Sustaining Business With Purpose
We believe in Social Entrepreneurship as a Force For Good and work with various programs and partners like the SAB Foundation through the Social Innovation and Disability Awards, EDHE Social Innovartion Competition and YGap Social Entrepreneurship Program.
We support social entrepreneurs in multiple sectors to ensure not only greater and more sustainable implact but also financial viability and sustainability. We believe in lowering the barries so that people closest to the problems are empowered with the resources to develop innovative solutions.
Commercialising Research & IP
Our mission is to develop a viable ecosystem of commercialising research that will support & expand to other research and academic institutions to bridge the gap between research-based IP, private sector funding and entrepreneurship while also providing an extra layer of protection and capacity is allocated to better support the spinoff ventures.
Through our parterships with EDHE, South African Universities and CSIR we ensure continued benefit sharing not only for the investor but also the institutions and funders contributing to any product and spinoff venture that is developed down the line generating revenue for further research, organisational growth and sustainability.
Some Of The Great Partners
We Have Worked With
Our Approch To Mentorship
We work with mentors who have a history of innovation and entrepreneurship who bring practical and academic experience and context.
Helping Organisations and Entrepreneurs Innovate & Scale since 2015
Meet Our Advisory & Evecutive Board
We are specialists in both economics and information technologies and we apply our full range of talent to creating the perfect solution for each client’s needs.
Kgari Sekoma
Chief Information Officer
Zakheni Ngubo
Founding Director
Xoli Radebe
Head Of Operations
It Takes Great People To Build Great Companies
Digital Resources
Commercial IP Registry
Free Digital Content
The IRCA Registry comprises of all available licenses for commercialy viable Intellectual Property available in research and academic institutions.
We provide access to the profiles of relecent IP to give our organisations an innovation edge while pairing great innovation to the right entrepreneurs, creating new ventures and creating a viable and fundable IP based commercialisation ecosystem.
Our ventures get access to our digital library and virtual bookshop enabling them to get access to research, Case Studies, e-books and academic journals to get well informed about the industries they opperate in.
We also provide and co-design templates, virtual consultations and masterclasses, business models and peer intervention and impact reports across sectors enabling a community that co-creates and leverages community growth and innovation.
